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Epiphone & Guitar World Giving Away An Elitist 1965 Casino

1. May 2007

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Well, here’s your chance to win a bit of re-issued history… Epiphone & Guitar World have apparently teamed together to give away an Epiphone Elitist 1965 Casino––a reissue of the guitar used at various times by three of the Beatles, and to this day Epiphone’s most celebrated instrument. To be honest, I’ve been drooling over these [...]

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Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #15: Les Paul GT In Fire Engine Red

30. April 2007

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Nice… when Gibson first released the Les Paul GT back in 2006 I was seriously impressed with the sheer number of upgrades the guitar shipped with, but also more than a little put off by the guitar’s less than subtle design (guitar + flames = cheesy IMHO.) But I’m happy to say that there’s now [...]

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Introducing The Verbrovibe: Headstrong’s ‘63 Brown Vibroverb Replica

27. April 2007

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Hehe, you’ve gotta’ love this… Headstrong Amplifiers, self-proclaimed makers of the world’s only “exact replica of the 1964 Princeton reverb and 1964 Deluxe Reverb Blackface” have done it again, this time producing the first true replica of Fender’s classic, and not to mention seriously hard to come by, ‘63 Brown Vibroverb. And they call it the [...]

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Fender Introduces Squier Vintage Modified Series

27. April 2007

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Got a budding little guitar player in the house? Check these out… Fender recently unveiled one of the more intriguing additions to their Squier brand of low-cost (read: beginner’s) guitars that I’ve seen in years––the new Vintage Modified Series. Apparently taking a hint from the popularity of their more expensive Fender brand brethren, three of the [...]

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Gibson Unveils Custom Shop Zakk Wylde Flying V… Sort Of

24. April 2007

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Gibson first mentioned their plans to release a Custom Shop Zakk Wylde Flying V back at the beginning of March, but since then I haven’t heard a single word

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Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #14 :: Les Paul Classic Antique

24. April 2007

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Now that’s a gorgeous guitar… Gibson this morning unveiled another edition to its already illustrious Guitar Of The Week family of Limited Release instruments––the updated Les Paul Classic Antique in stunning Iced Tea Burst finish. As an LP Classic Antique, the guitar is decked out for a true vintage vibe and feel, but what sets it [...]

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Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #13 :: Explorer Pro Heritage Cherry

18. April 2007

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Well, its mid-week again, and that means it’s time for another Guitar Of The Week announcement from Gibson. The latest member of the clan looks to be aimed squarely at the head banger demographic––the new Explorer Pro in Heritage Cherry. Based on Gibson’s classic Explorer design, but with a smaller, lighter-weight mahogany body and heavy duty [...]

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A Reader Reviews The Gibson Jimmy Page Double Neck VOS

17. April 2007

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EGR reader Manuel Iglacias managed to scrape together some $30,000 and travel from Mexico to Texas in the hopes of purchasing the “Holy Grail” of his guitar dreams––the #7 edition of Gibson’s new Jimmy Page “Aged” Double Neck. Unfortunately, things didn’t go quite as planned. Still, Manuel did manage to walk away with the less-expensive VOS (Vintage [...]

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